Ayr 0–1 St Johnstone – Scotland Championship, 1 May 2026

Match facts

Ayr St Johnstone

7 Shots 15

1 Shots on target 5

7 Corners 9

6 Fouls 5

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (175 league matches this season so far).

Result St Johnstone to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.98

Expected goals 0.99 – 1.56

Home / Draw / Away

24% 25% 51%

AyrDrawSt Johnstone

Under / Over 2.5 goals

53% 47%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

50% 50%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

12% 5+

Most likely scores

0–1 12.2% 1–1 12.1% 0–2 9.5%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Ayr before this match, all matches

1.11points / match

1.09scored / match

1.31conceded / match

8 15 12

WonDrawnLost 35 played · 38:46

St Johnstone before this match, all matches

2.11points / match

1.89scored / match

0.71conceded / match

21 11 3

WonDrawnLost 35 played · 66:25

Ayr all matches all matches St Johnstone

Per match

1.09 Goals scored 1.89

1.31 Goals conceded 0.71

2.40 Total goals 2.60

9.23 Shots 13.11

3.77 Shots on target 5.20

8.03 Shots faced 5.20

5.26 Corners 7.51

4.57 Corners against 3.14

12.09 Fouls 12.37

2.40 Yellow cards 2.00

0.71 1st-half goals scored 0.91

0.51 1st-half goals conceded 0.37

How often Full Time

23% Wins 60%

43% Draws 31%

34% Losses 9%

89% Over 0.5 goals 83%

71% Over 1.5 goals 69%

43% Over 2.5 goals 49%

17% Over 3.5 goals 31%

11% Over 4.5 goals 14%

9% Over 5.5 goals 11%

63% Both teams scored 43%

23% Clean sheets 54%

26% Failed to score 20%

How often Half Time

37% Wins 43%

31% Draws 40%

31% Losses 17%

77% Over 0.5 goals 69%

29% Over 1.5 goals 37%

11% Over 2.5 goals 17%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Ayr all matches

1

D

1

2

L

1

D

1

L

3

L

1

D

3

L

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

St Johnstone all matches

1

D

3

1

W

2

W

1

W

D

1

D

4

2

W

4

W

2

W

2

W

Ayr before this match, at home

1.12points / match

1.00scored / match

1.24conceded / match

4 7 6

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 17:21

St Johnstone before this match, away

2.06points / match

1.71scored / match

0.82conceded / match

10 5 2

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 29:14

Ayr at home away St Johnstone

Per match

1.00 Goals scored 1.71

1.24 Goals conceded 0.82

2.24 Total goals 2.53

9.47 Shots 12.71

3.76 Shots on target 4.88

7.41 Shots faced 6.06

5.41 Corners 6.35

4.12 Corners against 3.82

11.88 Fouls 12.24

2.53 Yellow cards 2.06

0.59 1st-half goals scored 0.71

0.47 1st-half goals conceded 0.41

How often Full Time

24% Wins 59%

41% Draws 29%

35% Losses 12%

88% Over 0.5 goals 82%

65% Over 1.5 goals 71%

35% Over 2.5 goals 47%

12% Over 3.5 goals 29%

12% Over 4.5 goals 12%

12% Over 5.5 goals 12%

59% Both teams scored 47%

18% Clean sheets 53%

35% Failed to score 18%

How often Half Time

29% Wins 29%

35% Draws 59%

35% Losses 12%

71% Over 0.5 goals 59%

18% Over 1.5 goals 41%

6% Over 2.5 goals 6%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Ayr at home

D

2

4

L

1

D

2

1

W

D

1

2

L

1

L

1

D

3

L

1

W

St Johnstone away

1

2

L

4

2

W

D

1

W

D

1

D

2

W

D

4

2

W

2

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Ayr all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.04.26	Airdrie Utd – Ayr	2–1 (0–1)	2.10	3.30	3.10	2.05	1.75
18.04.26	Ross County – Ayr	2–1 (1–1)	2.15	3.00	3.10	2.30	1.60
11.04.26	Ayr – Arbroath	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.00	2.88	2.25	1.62
07.04.26	Ayr – Dunfermline	0–3 (0–1)	2.25	3.00	2.90	2.20	1.65
04.04.26	Ayr – Partick	1–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.30	2.25	1.80	2.00
27.03.26	Raith Rvs – Ayr	3–0 (1–0)	2.30	3.00	2.88	2.35	1.57
21.03.26	Ayr – Morton	0–1 (0–1)	1.75	3.30	4.33	2.00	1.80
14.03.26	Queens Park – Ayr	1–1 (1–1)	3.00	3.00	2.20	2.25	1.62
10.03.26	Ayr – Queens Park	1–2 (0–0)	1.67	3.30	4.75	2.05	1.75
03.03.26	Arbroath – Ayr	1–1 (0–0)	2.35	3.25	2.80	2.08	1.73

St Johnstone all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.04.26	St Johnstone – Raith Rvs	2–0 (2–0)	1.57	3.60	5.50	2.00	1.80
21.04.26	Dunfermline – St Johnstone	0–2 (0–0)	4.33	3.30	1.70	2.08	1.73
11.04.26	St Johnstone – Airdrie Utd	4–0 (3–0)	1.25	4.75	9.00	1.62	2.25
04.04.26	Arbroath – St Johnstone	2–4 (1–1)	4.50	3.30	1.70	2.05	1.75
28.03.26	St Johnstone – Queens Park	1–1 (0–1)	1.25	4.75	9.50	1.65	2.20
20.03.26	Partick – St Johnstone	0–0 (0–0)	2.90	3.20	2.20	1.95	1.85
14.03.26	St Johnstone – Ross County	1–0 (1–0)	1.45	3.70	6.00	1.83	1.98
07.03.26	Morton – St Johnstone	0–2 (0–0)	5.00	3.90	1.50	1.90	1.90
28.02.26	St Johnstone – Ayr	3–1 (2–1)	1.50	3.60	5.25	1.90	1.90
24.02.26	Queens Park – St Johnstone	1–1 (0–0)	5.75	3.90	1.45	1.80	2.00

Ayr at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.04.26	Ayr – Arbroath	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.00	2.88	2.25	1.62
07.04.26	Ayr – Dunfermline	0–3 (0–1)	2.25	3.00	2.90	2.20	1.65
04.04.26	Ayr – Partick	1–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.30	2.25	1.80	2.00
21.03.26	Ayr – Morton	0–1 (0–1)	1.75	3.30	4.33	2.00	1.80
10.03.26	Ayr – Queens Park	1–2 (0–0)	1.67	3.30	4.75	2.05	1.75
21.02.26	Ayr – Ross County	0–0 (0–0)	1.90	3.25	3.60	2.00	1.80
31.01.26	Ayr – Raith Rvs	2–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.10	3.30	2.25	1.62
10.01.26	Ayr – Airdrie Utd	1–1 (1–1)	1.57	3.50	5.00	1.90	1.90
12.12.25	Ayr – St Johnstone	2–4 (2–0)	3.25	3.40	1.95	1.83	1.98
06.12.25	Ayr – Partick	0–0 (0–0)	2.35	3.25	2.75	2.08	1.73

St Johnstone away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.04.26	Dunfermline – St Johnstone	0–2 (0–0)	4.33	3.30	1.70	2.08	1.73
04.04.26	Arbroath – St Johnstone	2–4 (1–1)	4.50	3.30	1.70	2.05	1.75
20.03.26	Partick – St Johnstone	0–0 (0–0)	2.90	3.20	2.20	1.95	1.85
07.03.26	Morton – St Johnstone	0–2 (0–0)	5.00	3.90	1.50	1.90	1.90
24.02.26	Queens Park – St Johnstone	1–1 (0–0)	5.75	3.90	1.45	1.80	2.00
20.02.26	Raith Rvs – St Johnstone	0–0 (0–0)	3.70	3.10	1.91	2.20	1.65
13.02.26	Airdrie Utd – St Johnstone	0–1 (0–1)	4.75	3.30	1.67	1.98	1.83
27.12.25	Ross County – St Johnstone	0–0 (0–0)	4.20	3.70	1.65	1.85	1.95
12.12.25	Ayr – St Johnstone	2–4 (2–0)	3.25	3.40	1.95	1.83	1.98
22.11.25	Partick – St Johnstone	2–1 (2–0)	2.80	3.20	2.25	2.00	1.80

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 2

Ayr winsDrawsSt Johnstone wins

3matches

3.33goals / match

67%over 2.5

67%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
28.02.26SC1	St Johnstone – Ayr	3–1 (2–1)	1.50	3.60	5.25	1.90	1.90
12.12.25SC1	Ayr – St Johnstone	2–4 (2–0)	3.25	3.40	1.95	1.83	1.98
04.10.25SC1	St Johnstone – Ayr	0–0 (0–0)	1.67	3.80	4.33	1.88	1.93

Scotland Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Johnstone	35	21	11	3	66	25	+41	74
2	Partick	35	17	14	4	52	35	+17	65
3	Arbroath	35	13	12	10	43	41	+2	51
4	Dunfermline	35	14	8	13	52	41	+11	50
5	Raith Rvs	35	11	9	15	40	40	0	42
6	Queens Park	35	9	13	13	34	47	-13	40
7	Ayr	35	8	15	12	38	46	-8	39
8	Morton	35	8	13	14	35	51	-16	37
9	Airdrie Utd	35	8	11	16	34	48	-14	35
10	Ross County	35	8	10	17	34	54	-20	34

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Partick	17	12	5	0	29	11	+18	41
2	St Johnstone	18	11	6	1	37	11	+26	39
3	Arbroath	18	8	8	2	27	20	+7	32
4	Raith Rvs	17	8	3	6	31	20	+11	27
5	Dunfermline	17	7	4	6	24	19	+5	25
6	Morton	17	5	7	5	15	18	-3	22
7	Queens Park	18	5	7	6	16	20	-4	22
8	Ross County	18	6	3	9	24	28	-4	21
9	Ayr	17	4	7	6	17	21	-4	19
10	Airdrie Utd	18	3	8	7	16	24	-8	17

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Johnstone	17	10	5	2	29	14	+15	35
2	Dunfermline	18	7	4	7	28	22	+6	25
3	Partick	18	5	9	4	23	24	-1	24
4	Ayr	18	4	8	6	21	25	-4	20
5	Arbroath	17	5	4	8	16	21	-5	19
6	Airdrie Utd	17	5	3	9	18	24	-6	18
7	Queens Park	17	4	6	7	18	27	-9	18
8	Raith Rvs	18	3	6	9	9	20	-11	15
9	Morton	18	3	6	9	20	33	-13	15
10	Ross County	17	2	7	8	10	26	-16	13

Ayr St Johnstone

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Ross County	35	17	18	1.0	1.5	8	10	17	34	54	34
2	1	St Johnstone	35	18	17	1.9	0.7	21	11	3	66	25	74
3	4	Dunfermline	35	18	17	1.5	1.2	14	8	13	52	41	50
4	9	Airdrie Utd	35	18	17	1.0	1.4	8	11	16	34	48	35
5	2	Partick	35	19	16	1.5	1.0	17	14	4	52	35	65
6	3	Arbroath	35	19	16	1.2	1.2	13	12	10	43	41	51
7	8	Morton	35	19	16	1.0	1.5	8	13	14	35	51	37
8	7	Ayr	35	20	15	1.1	1.3	8	15	12	38	46	39
9	5	Raith Rvs	35	21	14	1.1	1.1	11	9	15	40	40	42
10	6	Queens Park	35	21	14	1.0	1.3	9	13	13	34	47	40

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Ross County	18	7	11	1.3	1.6	6	3	9	24	28	21
2	1	St Johnstone	18	9	9	2.1	0.6	11	6	1	37	11	39
3	5	Raith Rvs	17	8	9	1.8	1.2	8	3	6	31	20	27
4	9	Airdrie Utd	18	9	9	0.9	1.3	3	8	7	16	24	17
5	2	Partick	17	9	8	1.7	0.6	12	5	0	29	11	41
6	3	Arbroath	18	10	8	1.5	1.1	8	8	2	27	20	32
7	4	Dunfermline	17	9	8	1.4	1.1	7	4	6	24	19	25
8	6	Queens Park	18	12	6	0.9	1.1	5	7	6	16	20	22
9	7	Ayr	17	11	6	1.0	1.2	4	7	6	17	21	19
10	8	Morton	17	11	6	0.9	1.1	5	7	5	15	18	22

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	8	Morton	18	8	10	1.1	1.8	3	6	9	20	33	15
2	4	Dunfermline	18	9	9	1.6	1.2	7	4	7	28	22	25
3	7	Ayr	18	9	9	1.2	1.4	4	8	6	21	25	20
4	1	St Johnstone	17	9	8	1.7	0.8	10	5	2	29	14	35
5	2	Partick	18	10	8	1.3	1.3	5	9	4	23	24	24
6	3	Arbroath	17	9	8	0.9	1.2	5	4	8	16	21	19
7	6	Queens Park	17	9	8	1.1	1.6	4	6	7	18	27	18
8	9	Airdrie Utd	17	9	8	1.1	1.4	5	3	9	18	24	18
9	10	Ross County	17	10	7	0.6	1.5	2	7	8	10	26	13
10	5	Raith Rvs	18	13	5	0.5	1.1	3	6	9	9	20	15

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.